PC games market data and forecasts across physical retail, digital retail and download, subscriptions, micro-transactions and pay per play monetization by territory. Includes segmentation for multiplayer online games and casual games markets.

Imax has called time on its location-based virtual reality (VR) pilot first launched in 2016. The future of the initiative was first plunged into doubt earlier in 2018 as the company began shuttering two non-profitable sites (Shanghai and New York in June 2018), promptly followed by other closures, such as Manchester, its only European site in November 2018.

IHS Markit's latest report on the consumer augmented and virtual reality markets. This report adds to the coverage of last year's report with additional data and analysis related to the consumer augmented reality market opportunity and also the location-based (out of home) consumer virtual reality market.

Calendar Q3 2015 turned out to be a bit volatile for several of the publishers in our report. While large publishers Tencent, Activision Blizzard and NetEase all reported strong growth, Electronic Arts was down over the year ago period after taking a hit on currency exchange rates and not having a title comparable to The Sims 4 which launched in the third quarter last year.

Pan-Nordic broadcaster and pay TV provider MTG has acquired DreamHack, Scandinavia’s largest esports player. The deal for 100% of the company, which runs local and global esports leagues, tournaments and championships, values DreamHack at SKr244 million ($28 million).